Episode 85: The Same Stuff as Stars (with Amanda Nguyen)

Another Round

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

We never thought we'd do a single episode on both outer space and sexual assault, but that's because we hadn't met activist and aspiring astronaut Amanda Nguyen yet. She founded the organization Rise, to advocate for the rights of survivors of rape.

Did you know that in some states, untested rape kits can be thrown away after 30 days? Amanda tells us how legislation reflects rape culture, and how we can change this. When she's not busy fighting, Amanda is preparing herself for space travel. (Yup!) We talk about who we'd want to beam into the beyond, and remember that even in the darkest of times in this universe, we're never alone because we have each other.

You can find out more about Amanda's organization at www.risenow.us.
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0:00.0	It's like I smell weird. I feel like I smell weird. Also is you
0:13.3	Hi everyone I'm heaven and Tracy and welcome to another round with heaven and Tracy
0:20.4	Yay, I'm out of
0:22.6	Top of the show sounds
0:24.6	Blue floor about whoa
0:26.6	Wow
0:28.6	Narlie dude, okay the heaven and Tracy show
0:38.8	Uh, hi heaven hi, I feel a little delirious really like I haven't had enough sleep
0:45.9	So I'm liable to say anything all right. It's gonna be a fun show
0:50.2	What's out on the show yo? We have a really dope person who's like a million things in one
0:55.4	First of all, she's an activist who like changed legislation at 24 so already I'm impressed. I mean
1:01.6	No big deal just having the patience for that alone right
1:05.6	But she also like wants to be an astronaut. I don't understand anybody who wants to purposefully go into space yo
1:11.6	That just seems crazy to me. So I'm really excited to talk to Amanda when Amanda advocates for rate survivors rights through rise
1:18.0	Which is a nonprofit she founded
1:20.0	And she also created a survivor's Bill of Rights actual legislation
1:24.1	Wow, the fact that we needed Bill of Rights for this portion of life first of all
1:28.7	First of all like we already fucked up the Constitution had to add amendments right and now you know
1:33.8	We can't even do like the very least and taking taking care of people when they're like
1:37.3	Mm-hmm
1:38.0	And also it's not like somebody in the legislature who gets paid to like fix proud and did it this girl was like
1:45.6	Okay, I'm 24 going to school trying to be an astronaut. Let me just do this at my spare time. Yeah on the side
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